(a) Admission contracts do not include unlawful declarations of waiver of the agency`s responsibility for health and safety or the personal property of residents; No admissions contract contains a provision that the institution knows or must know is misleading or illegal under state or state law. Although you don`t have to sign other documents, the nursing home may ask you to do so. It is generally best not to sign other documents at the time of admission. Ask the nursing home to provide you with copies of forms that you can check in advance before making decisions about signing. Do not sign a mandatory arbitration agreement upon admission. Care homes use arbitration agreements to prevent local residents from taking legal action for abuse or neglect. Please inform CANHR if a nursing home asks you to sign an agreement that has been significantly changed by its standard terms. By signing a binding arbitration agreement, you waive your constitutional right to the court of justice in the event of a dispute within the institution, even if it is abuse or negligence. There is no right to appeal a binding arbitration decision. (a) All abbreviated licensing and approval contracts must be printed in black print of at least 10 dots on white paper.

Printing should only appear on one side of the document. Make sure you receive a copy of the signed agreement and all other documents presented or signed at the time of authorization. Section XII of the agreement provides you with a copy of the signed contract, all appendices, all other documents you sign upon admission and a receipt for all payments made at the time of approval at your request. Carefully check the actual written agreement that the retirement home asks you to sign. Don`t rely on the standard version of the agreement on the Department of Public Health website. Although a nursing home cannot legally amend or amend the agreement unless it obtains written authorization from the California Department of Public Health (Title 22 California Code of Regulations No. 73518), it is possible that a nursing home has amended the agreement with or without the required authorization. b) Violation of this chapter results in a Class B document or a service defect. For the purposes of this section, the authorization agreement must be considered as a package and results in only one document. Residents and their legal representatives can revoke an arbitration agreement by notifying the institution in writing within 30 days of signing. (Civil Procedure Code 1295) (a) Each hospitality contract must clearly state which services and supplies are covered by the facility`s daily basic rate.

In addition, the agreement details discretionary services and fees for these services and indicates that residents receive monthly invoices that break down all costs they incurr. Upon admission, the retirement home must ask you for a copy of your advance policy and, if you do not have one, offer to create one. While it is a good idea to have a prior directive, retirement homes cannot require you to have one or that you take a condition for admission or subsequent stay.